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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A"); line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">James Bopp, Jr. holds a B.A. from Indiana University (1970), and received a J.D. from the University of Florida in 1973. He has been a part of Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, in Terre Haute, Indiana. <b>He was Of Counsel for Webster, Chamberlain & Bean of Washington D.C..</b> He was the General Counsel for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/James_Madison_Center_for_Free_Speech" title="James Madison Center for Free Speech" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">James Madison Center for Free Speech</a>, an organization that generally opposes <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Campaign_finance_reform" title="Campaign finance reform" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">campaign finance reform</a>. He has been the Chairman of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Free_Speech_and_Election_Law_Practice_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Free Speech and Election Law Practice Group (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Free Speech and Election Law Practice Group</a> and he has been a member of the conservative <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federalist_Society" title="Federalist Society" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Federalist Society</a>.</font></li></ul></div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2013/04/political_group_that_attacked.html</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 18px; width: 500px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Webster, Chamberlain & Bean, LLP is the leading law firm in the United States specializing in the provision of a full range of legal services to nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations. Since 1970, WC&B has provided comprehensive legal services to a broad range of trade associations, professional societies, public charities, private foundations, scientific organizations, churches, clubs, schools and civic groups, lobbying groups, and political committees and candidates.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 18px; width: 500px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">WC&B, located in Washington DC on Pennsylvania Avenue, also assists individuals and businesses of all sizes on business transactions and other legal matters throughout the district and the country.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><ul class="spread" style=""><li style="margin-bottom: 9px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.wc-b.com/bios.php?action=view&id=1" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(21, 38, 49);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Arthur L. Herold | Partner</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 9px;"><a href="http://www.wc-b.com/bios.php?action=view&id=2" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(21, 38, 49);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Alan P. Dye | Partner</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 9px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.wc-b.com/bios.php?action=view&id=3" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(21, 38, 49);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Edward D. Coleman | Partner</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 9px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.wc-b.com/bios.php?action=view&id=4" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(21, 38, 49);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Frank M. Northam | Partner</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 9px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.wc-b.com/bios.php?action=view&id=5" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(21, 38, 49);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">John W. Hazard Jr. | Partner</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 9px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.wc-b.com/bios.php?action=view&id=6" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(21, 38, 49);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Hugh K. Webster | Partner</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 9px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.wc-b.com/bios.php?action=view&id=7" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(21, 38, 49);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">David P. Goch | Partner</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 9px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.wc-b.com/bios.php?action=view&id=12" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(21, 38, 49);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">James S. Wilson | Partner</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 9px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.wc-b.com/bios.php?action=view&id=9" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(21, 38, 49);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Heidi K. Abegg | Senior Counsel</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 9px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.wc-b.com/bios.php?action=view&id=16" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(21, 38, 49);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Sarah E. Mooney | Partner</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 9px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.wc-b.com/bios.php?action=view&id=8" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(21, 38, 49);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Charles M. Watkins | Associate</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 9px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.wc-b.com/bios.php?action=view&id=10" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(21, 38, 49);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">David M. Abrahams | Associate</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 9px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.wc-b.com/bios.php?action=view&id=11" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(21, 38, 49);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">John R. Strout | Associate</font></a></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Alan P. Dye</b> "is a partner with the Washington, D.C. law firm of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Webster,Chamberlain%26_Bean&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Webster, Chamberlain & Bean (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Webster, Chamberlain & Bean</a>. Prior to joining the firm, he was law clerk to a judge of the United States Tax Court. Mr. Dye has a degree in economics from Duke University, graduated from the University of Florida School of Law in 1971, and was awarded a Masters of Law Degree (Taxation) from New York University in 1973. He is a member of the Committee on Exempt Organizations of the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association and past Chairman of its Subcommittee on Trade Associations, as well as a member of the Election Law Committee of the Administrative Law Section. Mr. Dye is a member of the District of Columbia and Florida bars, a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, and a former member of the Council of the Legal Section of the American Society of Association Executives. He is a director and former Board Chair of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cancer_Research_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cancer Research Foundation (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Cancer Research Foundation</a> of America and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Virginia_Trust_for_Historic_Preservation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Mr. Dye specializes in the representation of nonprofit organizations. He is a frequent lecturer at programs organized by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ASAE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ASAE (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">ASAE</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.Chamber_of_Commerce" title="U.S. Chamber of Commerce" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">U.S. Chamber of Commerce</a>, among others; co-author of the Association gal Checklist, published by the Chamber and the Tax Management Portfolio entitled Trade Associations, published by the Bureau of National Affairs; and Chairman of the Washington Nonprofit Legal and Tax Conference."<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?boardmember=12&page=10" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">[1]</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He is on the board of trustees of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Freedom_House" title="Freedom House" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Freedom House</a>.</font></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">External links</font></span></h2><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A"); line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Freedom House, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?boardmember=12&page=10" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">Biography</a>", Accessed December 2006.</font></li></ul></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">SW</font></div><div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Howard S. Rich</b> (born 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-NOW_1-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#cite_note-NOW-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup> is a New York real estate developer <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup> who founded and is President of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.Term_Limits" title="U.S. Term Limits" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">U.S. Term Limits</a>, which he established in 1992. He is Chairman of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Americans_for_Limited_Government" title="Americans for Limited Government" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Americans for Limited Government</a> (ALG).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup>Rich has been a contributor to various <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Libertarian" title="Libertarian" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">libertarian</a> organizations as well as a range of Republican candidates and groups.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#Background" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"> <span class="toctext">Background</span></font></a></div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#Letter_to_Donors_of.22left_wing_organizations.22" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Letter to Donors of "left wing organizations"</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#Articles_and_resources" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and resources</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#Related_SourceWatch_Articles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#External_Articles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">External Articles</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#Profiles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Profiles</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#Articles_by_Rich" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Articles by Rich</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#Articles.26_Commentary" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">3.3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Articles & Commentary</span></font></a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Background"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Background</font></span></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A biographical note from the ALG website stated that "In 2000 he founded <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Legislative_Education_Action_Drive&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Legislative Education Action Drive (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Legislative Education Action Drive</a> (LEAD), which focuses on enacting school choice legislation across the country. He also serves as Chairman of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Parents_in_Charge_Foundation" title="Parents in Charge Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Parents in Charge Foundation</a>." Rich also "serves on the boards of various nonprofit organizations, including the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Cato Institute</a>, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Club_for_Growth" title="Club for Growth" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Club for Growth</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Milton_and_Rose_Friedman_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Milton and Rose Friedman Foundation (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Milton and Rose Friedman Foundation</a>." "In addition, Rich heads the Club for Growth State Action, which establishes and supports state affiliates of the Club for Growth across the nation, and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Fund_for_Democracy" title="Fund for Democracy" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Fund for Democracy</a>, which provides seed money to state initiative campaigns."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rich is a New York real estate magnate who, for more than 30 years, "has steered millions of dollars toward the libertarian causes he has long championed, though he has managed to largely remain under the political radar while doing so. The 66-year-old <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Republican</a>, who goes by 'Howie, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.getliberty.org/people/hrich.php" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">serves as chairman</a> of Americans for Limited Government, a national coalition that works with local groups to 'protect property rights, stop out-of-control government spending, and hold judges accountable to the rule of law'," <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/PBS" title="PBS" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">PBS</a> <i>NOW</i> noted in a September 2006 biographical sketch.<sup id="cite_ref-NOW_1-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#cite_note-NOW-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Organizations associated with Rich have funneled nearly $7 million into 2006 state initiatives aiming to limit government in 12 states, according to an investigation" <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/factbox/index.ssf?/base/factboxes/115474471636770.xml" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E") 100% 50%;">published</a> October 4, 2006, by <i>The Oregonian</i>, PBS wrote. "Rich has generally declined to reveal how much of the money comes from his personal wealth, and is not required by campaign finance laws to report how much he privately funds his various groups."<sup id="cite_ref-NOW_1-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#cite_note-NOW-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Early in his career, Rich was active in the Libertarian Party and worked with other leaders of the party, such as powerful billionaire <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Charles_Koch" title="Charles Koch" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Charles Koch</a>, to promote their small-government, free-market causes. But after an internal party dispute in 1983, Rich left the party and continued his activism with private groups and foundations. Rich also sits on the board of directors of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Cato Institute</a>, an influential libertarian <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Think_tank" title="Think tank" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">think tank</a>founded and funded by Koch and based out of Washington, D.C."<sup id="cite_ref-NOW_1-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#cite_note-NOW-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"In 1990, Rich and his wife Andrea took over the Libertarian Review Foundation, renaming it the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Independent_Thought&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Center for Independent Thought (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Center for Independent Thought</a>. The Riches have also financially supported the libertarian magazine Reason," PBS wrote.<sup id="cite_ref-NOW_1-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#cite_note-NOW-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Letter_to_Donors_of.22left_wing_organizations.22" style=""><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="">Letter to Donors of "left wing organizations"</font></span></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In late </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">September 2008</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Rich wrote a letter on Americans for Limited Government Foundation letterhead to donors to what he described as "left wing organizations". In it Rich referred obliquely to </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tom_Matzzie" title="Tom Matzzie" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">Tom Matzzie</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">'s </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Accountable_America" title="Accountable America" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;">Accountable America</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> group which had written to supporters of conservative organizations and candidates warning of possible scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Election Commission.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>"As a donor to one of more of these organizations and efforts, you have been able to engage in these activities without notice, operating in relative obscurity. I am writing to inform you that this will no longer be the case. Your name has been put in our database. we are monitoring all reports of a wide variety of leftists organizations. As your name appears in subsequent reports, it is our intent to publicize your involvement in your local community</b>," Rich warned.</span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> The letter was also accompanied by a supporting memo from <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Frank_M.Northam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank M. Northam (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Frank M. Northam</a> from the law firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Webster,Chamberlain%26_Bean&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Webster, Chamberlain & Bean (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Webster, Chamberlain & Bean</a>.</span><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rich told NPR's Peter Overby that </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">ALG was sending letters to donors as "if you're supporting a group that's into some illegal activity, that, you know, might not be good for you."</span><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> For his part, Matzzie posted a blog note titled </span><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Howard_S.Rich#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a></sup></font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">==</font></div></div>